Looking into buy a century from Japan. Have anybody owned one can tell me the repair and parts availability of that vehicle? Also how much it costs to change the air suspension? Highly appreciated for the answers.
Looking into buy a century from Japan. Have anybody owned one can tell me the repair and parts availability of that vehicle? Also how much it costs to change the air suspension? Highly appreciated for the answers.
I know exactly one person with a ‘78 Century.
But he’s super wealthy, half Japanese - fluent in Japanese - splits his time between Hawaii/Japan/California, and owns a significant collection of kyusha and had loads of contacts in Japan and US for parts for his kyusha.
He gave me a personal intro to the owners of Mooneyes Japan - Crown Customs when I was restoring a very rare ‘72 Owner’s Deluxe kujira Crown.
Short of that kind of connection you will have a lovely decoration that will be a nightmare to work on and get parts for. The air sasu is a massive pain to work on. It’s not the most common car to begin with, so there’s slim pickings for spare parts. You need to be very comfortable working on your own car, including fabrication - because once an engine or the air sasu goes you’ll probably want to swap in a more reliable easy to get engine like a 1UZ and you’ll want to put in modern suspension which will probably require some fabrication to fit in something conventional.
Rare kyusha can be done, but they’re a time sink and money pit that will probably be running well 50% of the time and require patience and nearly all your spare time.